Shangri-La Frontier (anime)

Shangri-La Frontier - Crappy Game Hunter Challenges God-Tier Game (シャングリラ・フロンティア〜クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす〜, Shangri-La Frontier - Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su) is a Japanese anime series based on the Shangri-La Frontier manga series by Katarina and Ryosuke Fuji. The anime is directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka at Studio C2C. Season 1 of the show premiered from October 1, 2023 to ?? on the Nichigo programming block on all JNN stations in Japan, including MBS and TBS. Crunchyroll licensed the show for streaming outside of Asia and started an English Dub on October 15, 2023.

Plot
Second-year high school student Hizutome Rakuro is interested in one thing only: finding "shitty games" and beating the crap out of them. His gaming skills are second to none, and no game is too bad for him to enjoy. So when he's introduced to the new VR game Shangri-La Frontier, he does what he does best—min-maxes and skips the prologue to jump straight into the action. But can even an expert gamer like Rakuro discover all the secrets that Shangri-La Frontier hides...?

Staff

 * Direction: Toshiyuki Kubooka
 * Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
 * Character Design: Ayumi Kurashima
 * Chief Animation Direction: Ayumi Kurashima
 * Music: Monaca
 * Animation Work: Studio C2C

Cast
Japanese Dub English Dub
 * Yuuma Uchida as Sunraku/Hizutome Rakuro
 * Azumi Waki as Psyger-0/Saiga Rei
 * Youko Hikasa as Arthur Pencilgon/Amane Towa
 * Makoto Koichi as Oicazzo/Uomi Kei
 * Rina Hidaka as Emul
 * Akio Ootsuka as Vysache
 * Azumi Waki as Psyger-100
 * Sayaka Senbongi as Animalia
 * Seiichirou Yamashita as Orcelott
 * Akio Ootsuka as Vysache


 * Eric Vale as Sunraku/Hizutome Rakuro
 * Corey Petit as Psyger-0/Saiga Rei
 * Molly Zhang as Emul
 * Stephanie Young as Mana Iwamaki
 * Kasi Hollowell as Eika Hizutome
 * Krystal LaPorte as Faeria
 * Lindsay Seidel as Narrator